The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 Does God want me to be happy? I’ve known those who believe they should do whatever they desire, supposing that…
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All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Numbers 6:5 Growing up, my interest in a girl was directly proportional to how attractive I found her. I know that’s shallow, but the reality was that my value of a girl was attached to her physical appearance. So, I believed…
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When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. Numbers 6:2-3 It’s the Summer Olympics and so, every night, my wife and I sit and watch a recap of the day’s events, hoping…
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. . . As the LORD commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai. Numbers 1:19 When I was in treatment ten years ago, I began plotting my comeback. My life had fallen apart, and I wanted to put it back together. I planned to get out of treatment and immediately become…
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But if they confess their iniquity . . . and they make amends for their iniquity, then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. Leviticus 26:40-42 Every time I used drugs, I felt bad, asked God’s…
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Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths. As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it.…
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But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments, if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting…
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Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely. The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and dwell in it securely. Leviticus 25:18-19 A couple years ago, one of the guys sitting in jail explained the math…
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And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?” I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. Leviticus 25:20-21 In the disaster of my addiction, when I lost…
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If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. Leviticus 24:19-20 In my addiction, I made impulsive, reckless choices, not considering the cost to me and my loved…
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